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South Dakota kicker Miles

HOME SICK
Bergner connects on a 33-yard
field goal as time expires to
defeat No. 2 North Dakota State
in a Missouri Valley Football
Conference on Saturday at Gate
City Bank Field at the Fargodome.
NDSU saw its 26-game home
winning streak end.

Season turns chaotic as 26-game Fargodome win streak snapped

Fargo against Indiana State and the 2011 championships, the Bison are half against Northern Iowa and

T
here were no excuses. Not a
one, and there shouldn’t have
been following that changeup
that North Dakota State threw
at its home fans on Saturday
afternoon.
After 26 straight fastballs that
JEFF ended with an opponent striking
KOLPACK out in the form of a loss at Gate
The Forum City Bank Field at the Fargodome,
 the Bison reverted to the 2012 form
effort against Youngstown State.
Those were the previous two
home losses, but there was
perhaps a different feel to the
aftermath of the 24-21 University
of South Dakota upset.
This was the first time you can
say in years that this season has
a different feel to it following
an NCAA Division I FCS
national title. After four straight
more normal than what was once
hoped.
It’s been a freaky, unpredictable
season, and that’s not the path
to Frisco, Texas. There was the
defensive breakdown at Montana.
Then there was the defensive
wall put up the next three games
where you said, ‘Hmm, maybe
this defense is just as good as the
previous years.’ After the second
Saturday’s 193 yards rushing by
the Coyotes to NDSU’s 125, now
it’s back to Montana Mode.
So what is it?
Is this a team worthy of
a Missouri Valley Football
Conference title? Or is this team
going the other way before our
eyes?
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Kicker fills hero role for USD

 Coyotes’ lengthy losing streak
in Fargo ends with an upset
thanks to game-winning boot.
By Eric Peterson
epeterson@forumcomm.com
FARGO – South Dakota kicker Miles
Bergner erased nearly four decades of Fargo
frustration for the Coyotes with one accurate
boot Saturday afternoon at the Fargodome.
Bergner drilled a 33-yard field goal as time
expired to lift South Dakota to a stunning
24-21 victory against No. 2-ranked North
Dakota State in Missouri Valley Football
Conference play before 18,420 fans.
“This feels odd to celebrate a win in this
room. I will tell you that,” South Dakota
head coach Joe Glenn said in the postgame
news conference.
The Coyotes (3-3, 1-2 MVFC) hadn’t won a
game in Fargo since 1978. The Bison had won
the past 15 home meetings against South Dako-
ta, including eight in a row in the Fargodome.
“They flat-out beat us,” Bison head coach
Chris Klieman said.

BISON: Page D7 South Dakota kicker Miles Bergner is mobbed by teammates after his winning field goal Saturday.

26 2012 15
Consecutive home The date of NDSU’s The number of
wins for NDSU
OCT. last home loss (17-14 straight games USD
entering Saturday 13 against Indiana State) had lost in series

Cobbers offense has

banner day in win
By Kevin Schnepf
kschnepf@forumcomm.com
MOORHEAD – Concor-
dia’s football team scored
56 points Saturday, the
most since 2012.
“Even with that, you
don’t feel totally comfort-
able,” said Cobber head
coach Terry Horan.
That’s because the Cob-
bers were playing Augs-
burg, a team with only two
Michael Vosburg / Forum Photo Editor
wins but one that can score
a lot of points too. But the
Concordia running back Adam Essler, right, shakes off Augsburg’s Isaiah Cobbers offense matched
Walker during Saturday’s game at Jake Christiansen Stadium in Moorhead. the firepower of quarter-
Concordia 56, Augsburg 24 points a Cobber team scored
 Up next: Concordia at Hamline,
since their 63-14 homecom-
1 p.m. Saturday ing win over Hamline in
 Radio: 1660-AM 2012.
Concordia defensive
coordinator Kyle Bakken
back Ayrton Scott and wide certainly wasn’t complain-
receiver Joey Sonnenfeld ing about the Cobbers’
to post a 56-24 Minnesota offensive outburst. He is
Intercollegiate Athletic relieved he doesn’t have to
Conference victory at Jake prepare for Scott and Son-
Christiansen Stadium. nenfeld ever again – two
It surpassed the 41 points seniors who accounted for
Concordia scored in wins 337 of Augsburg’s 484 total
over Jamestown and Wis- yards.
consin-Eau Claire this sea-
son. And it was the most COBBERS: Page D3
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South Dakota 24,

No. 2 North Dakota State 21
USD 0 14 0 10– 24
NDSU 14 7 0 0– 21

First quarter
NDSU – Bruce Anderson 2 run (Cam Pedersen
kick), 9:58.
Drive: 7 plays, 66 yards, 3:17.
Key plays: Quarterback Carson Wentz hits
Zach Vraa for 15 yards to the USD 49-yard line.
Wentz-to-Darrius Shepherd pass gets 15 more to
the 25. Wentz’s pass to Chase Morlock gains 14
yards to the 11. Pass to Andrew Bonnet reaches
the 2.
NDSU 7, USD 0.

NDSU – Shepherd 37 pass from Wentz (Peder-

sen kick), 2:30.
Drive: 6 plays, 66 yards, 2:45.
Key plays: Greg Menard quarterback sack forc-
es USD to punt after three plays. Morlock gains six
yards for first down to the Bison 48-yard line. Pass
to Vraa gets seven yards and first down to the 37.
Shepherd outduels defensive back on long pass
over the middle for touchdown.
NDSU 14, USD 0.

Second quarter
USD – Brandt Van Roekel 8 pass from Ryan
Saeger (Mile Bergner kick), 10:38.
Drive: 9 plays, 86 yards, 4:05.
Key plays: Saeger gains 37 yards up the middle
on third-and-1 to the Bison 40-yard line. Saeger’s
pass to Eric Shufford gains 20 yards to the 20.
Trevor Bouma picks up first down on six-yard run
to the 10. Touchdown comes on third-and-goal.
NDSU 14, USD 7.

USD – Saeger 1 run (Bergner kick), 6:01.

Drive: 3 plays, 81 yards, 1:02.
Key plays: Saeger fakes QB run, pulls up and
hits Bouma for 73 yards to the 8. Bouma gains
seven yards to the 1.
Photos by David Samson / The Forum
NDSU 14, USD 14.
South Dakota State fullback Drew Potter, bottom, is hit by North Dakota State’s Jordan Champion as he reaches the end
zone for an 8-yard touchdown during the fourth quarter on Saturday at the Fargodome. NDSU – Bonnet 7 pass from Wentz (Pedersen
kick), :42.
Drive: 11 plays, 72 yards, 5:12.
Key plays: Morlock gets four yards on third-

Time on their side

and-1 to the Bison 41-yard line. Pass to Darius
Anderson gains 22 yards to the USD 28. King
Frazier muscles his way for eight yards on third-
and-3 to the 13. Touchdown is third-and-4 play to
the tight end Bonnet.
NDSU 21, USD 14.

Coyotes use 16 seconds more of possession Third quarter

No scoring.

Fourth quarter
time to fuel game-winning field goal drive USD – Drew Potter 8 pass from Saeger (Bergner
kick), 4:47.
Drive: 15 plays, 72 yards, 7:23.
By Jeff Kolpack NOTEBOOK Key plays: Saeger’s pass to Bouma gains seven
jkolpack@forumcomm.com  yards on third-and-5 to the USD 40-yard line. A
13-yard pass to Shamar Jackson reaches the
FARGO – North Dakota State
just not a focused team.” Bison 43. Saeger gets two yards on third-and-1
came into Saturday leading the
NDSU came in limiting oppo- to the 32. Saeger gets two yards on another third-
FCS in time of possession and
nents to just 20 percent on third and-1 to the 8.
third-down defense. Both were NDSU 21, USD 21.
down. The Coyotes finished 8
not very sharp against the Uni-
of 13. Back to the future
versity of South Dakota, and the USD – FG Bergner 33, :00.
More telling: USD ran 24 of the South Dakota wins in Fargo for the first time since 1978
result was an upset of major pro- Drive: 9 plays, 55 yards, 3:20.
last 27 plays from scrimmage.
portions at Gate City Bank Field Dome domination ends Key plays: Saeger picks up third-and-2 with
at the Fargodome. Vraa sets record, but seven-yard run to the 44. Personal foul penalty
The University of South Dako- The Bison have their 26-game home winning streak snapped on NDSU gives USD first down at the Bison 41.
ta had the ball for just 16 seconds Bison offense bottled up Bergner boot Bouma gains 14 yards to the 27. Saeger picks up
more than NDSU, but that was far Lost in the loss was another third-and-5 with five-yard run.
all-time team record by Bison South Dakota kicker Miles Bergner drills 33-yard field goal as time USD 24, NDSU 21.
better than what the Bison were expires to win the game
used to – they came in averaging receiver Zach Vraa, who passed
38 minutes of having the ball in Kole Heckendorf to become Power outage Team statistics
a 60-minute game. It played a big the program’s leader in yards Bison head coach Chris Klieman said his team lacked “energy and USD NDSU
receiving with 2,738. Vraa had First downs 17 15
part in the 24-21 victory. emotion.”
three receptions for 35 yards to Rushes-yards 42-193 31-125
“We’re not going to win games Forum staff Yards passing 202 195
when it’s dead even,” said head lead the Bison.
Passes 12-20-1 16-28-0
coach Chris Klieman of the time It wasn’t a prolific day on
Total yards 395 320
of possession battle. offense for NDSU overall, how- Punts-avg. 4-49.0 7-45.3
ever. The Bison had just 125 mates from the 1990s were in is not something you just walk
And they’re not going to win Fumbles-lost 2-1 0-0
yards rushing and were out- Milwaukee on Saturday for the away from when you’re done.
games not stopping teams on Sacked-yards lost 1-4 1-10
gained on the ground for the funeral of former Bison offen- For Carey, it was an important
third down. The Coyotes were Penalties-yards 5-35 5-65
second straight game. sive lineman Carey Crimmins, factor in his life.”
successful on third down twice Possession time 30:08 29:52
who died this week at the age
“They beat us up front, bottom Fredricks described Crim-
on the game-winning field goal
drive – a 33-yarder by Miles line,” Klieman said. of 40. mins as a tough competitor on Individual statistics
Bergner as time expired. They USD, meanwhile, had its Crimmins was an attorney in the field who was a nice man USD
were 3 of 3 on the game-tying option game going with quar- Chicago who kept in constant off it. Rushing No. Yds. Long TD
touchdown drive that knotted check with his old school. His
terback Ryan Saeger leading the “It’s been a difficult time,” Trevor Bouma 20 94 14 0
the score at 21-21 with 4:47 to way with 92 yards. Facebook page, for instance, said Fredricks, who attended Ryan Saeger 16 102 37 1

play. “He’s back to being John had several references to Bison the service, “but a nice time Michael Fredrick 5 6 4 0

“We couldn’t get off the field,” Wayne,” said USD head coach football over the past year. coming together celebrating Shamar Jackson 1 1 1 0
who he was as a person.” Team totals 42 203 37 1
Klieman said. “We couldn’t get Joe Glenn. “We had a big group of us, Receiving No. Yds. Long TD
into a rhythm on either side of the about 25 on a text stream who Readers can reach Forum reporter Jeff
Eric Shufford 5 69 20 0
ball in the second half. You can get Former Bison players would talk about the upcoming Kolpack at (701) 241-5546. Kolpack’s
Trevor Bouma 2 80 73 0
Bison Media Blog can be found at
beat by anybody in this league if mourn loss of teammate game,” said former teammate bisonmedia.areavoices.com and Twitter @ Michael Fredrick 1 17 17 0
you’re not ready to play. We were About 30 former Bison team- Sean Fredricks. “Bison football FGOSPORTSWRITER Shamar Jackson 1 13 13 0
Drew Potter 1 8 8 1
Brandt Van Roekel 1 8 8 1
Nick Meyer 1 7 7 0
Team totals 12 202 73 2
Passing Comp Att Yds. Int. TD
Ryan Saeger 12 20 202 1 2
Team totals 12 20 202 1 2
Tackles (solo-assisted-total)
Wessel 6-5-11, Lage 4-6-10, Van Ginkel 3-4-7,
Graham 2-4-6, Warner 3-2-5, Moreland 2-2-4,
O’Farrell 1-3-4, Mertlik 1-3-4, Armstead 3-0-3,
Iddings 0-2-2, Bredl 0-2-2, Hillier 0-2-2, Lilly 1-0-
1, Coker 1-0-1, Lambert 1-0-1, Shufford 1-0-1,
Potter 0-1-1.
Sacks: Van Ginkel
Interceptions: None

NDSU
Rushing No. Yds. Long TD
King Frazier 9 40 12 0
Chase Morlock 7 36 8 0
Bruce Anderson 9 38 9 1
Carson Wentz 5 12 7 0
Darius Anderson 1 8 8 0
Team totals 31 134 12 1
Receiving No. Yds. Long TD
Zach Vraa 3 35 15 0
King Frazier 3 23 13 0
Darrius Shepherd 2 52 37 1
RJ Urzendowski 2 21 19 0
Chase Morlock 2 17 14 0
Andrew Bonnet 2 16 9 1
Darius Anderson 1 22 22 0
Jeff Illies 1 9 9 0
Team totals 16 195 37 2
Passing Comp Att Yds. Int. TD
Carson Wentz 16 28 195 0 2
Team totals 16 28 195 0 2
Tackles (solo-assisted-total)
DeLuca 7-8-15, Board 7-4-11, Stumpf 3-4-7,
Gee-Tucker 4-2-6, Menard 3-3-6, Grimsley 4-1-5,
Champion 3-2-5, Smith 2-2-4, Ambrosius 2-0-2,
Dempsey 2-0-2, Plank 1-1-2, Jordheim 1-1-2, Tan-
guay 1-1-2, Bonnet 1-0-1, Allison 0-1-1.
Sacks: Menard
North Dakota State’s Andrew Bonnet grabs a pass while being defended by South Dakota’s Jacob Warner on Saturday. Interceptions: Grimsley